Nation and World
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Russia scrubs Mariupol's Ukraine identity, builds on death
Dec 22, 2022 12:00 am - Throughout Mariupol, Russian workers are tearing down bombed-out buildings at a rate of at least one a day, hauling away shattered bodies with the debris. Russian milita...
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US economy grew 3.2% in Q3, an upgrade from earlier estimate
Dec 22, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Shrugging off rampant inflation and rising interest rates, the U.S. economy grew at an unexpectedly strong 3.2% annual pace from July through September...
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India to randomly test international visitors for COVID-19
Dec 22, 2022 12:00 am - NEW DELHI - India has begun randomly testing international passengers arriving at its airports for COVID-19, the country's health minister said Thursday, citing an incre...
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Senate reaches deal on $1.7 trillion package, pushing toward passage
Dec 22, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate appeared back on track Thursday to pass a $1.7 trillion bill to finance federal agencies through September and provide roughly $45 billion i...
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Pope warns Vatican staff an 'elegant demon' lurks among them
Dec 22, 2022 12:00 am - VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis warned Vatican bureaucrats on Thursday to beware the devil that lurks among them, saying it is an "elegant demon" that works in people who ha...
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Temperatures fall far and fast as winter storm threatens U.S.
Dec 22, 2022 12:00 am - MISSION, Kan. - Temperatures plunged far and fast Thursday as a winter storm formed ahead of Christmas weekend, promising heavy snow, ice, flooding and powerful winds ac...
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Arizona to remove shipping container wall from Mexico border
Dec 22, 2022 12:00 am - PHOENIX - Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey will take down a makeshift wall made of shipping containers at the Mexico border, settling a lawsuit and political tussle with the U.S....
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Holiday procrastinators are back in force. Blame inflation.
Dec 22, 2022 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Last year, Lucila Gomez and her husband started their holiday shopping around Thanksgiving and wrapped it up a week before Christmas, spending $750 on tablets...
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Applications for jobless claims up slightly last week
Dec 22, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Slightly more Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to show strength even as the Federal Reserve has tried ...
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Taliban minister defends ban on women's university studies
Dec 22, 2022 12:00 am - KABUL, Afghanistan - The minister of higher education in the Taliban government on Thursday defended his decision to ban women from universities - a decree that had trig...